Recent content by Rocket354

I think including a non-American is a bigger joke than including an American who hasn't played many/any Matchroom events. What's the purpose of having geographically-determined teams if the teams aren't, you know, geographically determined? If Matchroom wants more parity, then the solution is...

I mostly agree with sjm, although I'd move Rubilen and Kelly into the top-5. I haven't seen enough of Shasha or a couple other Chinese players to really judge. Seo and Jasmin are definitely top-10. Seo might be top-5, or will be soon, if she keeps going as she has. Rubilen, who had looked...

It's between Rita and Chezka for the title of best current female player*. *who actually plays tournaments regularly. The reclusive Siming Chen remains an enigma.

It means short-term Fargo ratings are near meaningless.

Rita looks fired up and on-point.

A 770-700 race to 10 is about 85/15 odds. That sounds a touch low for Savannah. Perhaps 80/20 to 70/30 range based on my WAGo rating system.

The appropriate comparison would be ~770 to ~700, not to 660.

Silviana Lu is (dating? Married to?) Yapp.

Savannah is going to have a tough time against Rita. Excited to see how she handles it.

Yeah I really felt for Silviana. She is another player whose game has really been improving quickly. The entire match (really, the entire tournament) she has played as well as I've ever seen her play. But that last rack I think the nerves got to her a bit and she over-drew off the 7-ball and...

I can understand disagreement. But "madness?" I'd happily do even money taking FSR or SVB over Yapp to win the next tournament that both (FSR-Yapp and/or SVB-Yapp) are playing in. I mean, it's probably 52-48 or some small such advantage for either of the initials folks, but an edge is an edge.

Every time I see Savannah play she is a noticeably better player. It truly is amazing how quickly her game continues to develop and improve even at her now high level. She is the best American-born female player. She plays 700+ Fargo and is just waiting for the system to catch up to that...

In the US at least, pool will be blue-collar and no-collar for a really long time, regardless of rating systems or anything else.

While I believe you are correct that Fargo can be a lagging indicator (and it most often shows up in rapidly-developing players, like top juniors), I think it has to be formulated to be the most accurate across the population. Pool as an element of luck in it, and so a player, playing at the...

Yes. I'll PM you some pics